July 11th, 2010
The show opened in Paris on Thursday, in the small gallery behind the popular Ofr bookstore in Paris. Ofr is a visual hot-spot for the fashion and photographic crowd. A place to secure anything from the current Japanese Vogue to vintage copies of Twen and the latest photo and fashion books.
The Paris show offers an opportunity, for the first time ever, to view the evolution of Sam’s calendar work over three decades from 1971.
Ofr gallery is also presenting a small collection of Sam’s prints; rare original signed silver vintages from the sixties (printed and retouched by Sam), contemporary inkjet prints of sixties images and a set of the only limited edition colour work ever printed by Sam.
The show runs to the third week of August. Tell your friends and colleagues!
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June 30th, 2010
Ofr Bookstore and Gallery are hosting an intimate fun show of Sam's work. This is the first retrospective of Sam's legendary calendar photography, produced primarily for Pentax from 1971 to 2000. The show runs from July 9th through to the end of August.
The 'Summer' part of the theme is obviously represented by the calendars whereas 'Paris' is being represented by 'November Girl' in various states of deshabillé with her melancholic longings in a bohemian bedroom and a cigarette to hand. In fact, the pictures were shot in Sam's studio in Johannesburg in 1966, using sets he styled and built, 'November Girl' has always been a firm favourite with the French who view her as quintessentially Parisian.
Two very rare signed vintage prints (with a handful of exceptions, Sam's vintage archive was unsigned) will be offered along with contemporary prints and vintage calendars.
See you in Paris...
[Ludwig]
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June 30th, 2010
Sam did a lingerie shoot for Vogue Paris in 2002 (and later reprinted in Vogue Australia), which for some reason was rediscovered by a flurry of fashion blogs this week. A couple of images from this shoot appear in Sam's last book, Fashion Etcetera. Since the images are enjoying a burst of popularity I thought it as good a reason as any to give them another airing.
I am including here some of the images which didn't make it into the original article and a selection of those that did. Some shots are low res scans from the original magazine which is not in my possession and some are jpegs made from the Fashion Etcetera production files. The variation in quality is, I think, an acceptable trade off against the interest of showing the images together.
[Ludwig]
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May 24th, 2010
This week, seeing a shot of Audrey Hepburn by Bob Willoughby on Wayne Ford's blog, reminded me of Sam's images inspired by vintage car interiors and a model who looked a little like Hepburn.
Far from a studio lot in Hollywood, these images, some of which appeared in Cowboy Kate (as one of the 'other stories' - 'Sunday'), were shot in a field on the outskirts of Johannesburg. The car was a 1936 Bentley which Sam not only restored and rallied in Africa but also used as everyday transport.
The final image in this series was a set in Sam's 60's studio in a light industrial building in downtown Johannesburg. One of the car interior shots features as a print on the wall.
The images in this post were scanned from vintage silver prints. Sam's archive is yielding fascinating discoveries which have remained hidden for decades, including experimental work that has never been exhibited or published. Future posts will feature this work as it is catalogued.
[Ludwig]
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